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@uitrit tate @anni @frn GEORGE D'. WILLIAMS ,A OF CHICCPEE, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent lzV'o. 72,709, dated December 24, 1867.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GORGE'D. WILLIAMs,Aof Chicopee, Hampden county, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,

have invented a new and useful Improved Bread and Meat-Slicer; and do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had' to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofv reference marked thereon. In .the drawingsi Figure 1 is 'an end view, and

Figure 2 a plan view of my'device,

This invention is for the purpose of cutting up bread-into slices of any desired thickness, in a neat andv convenient manner. It may also be used to chip beef, dried venison, rite.

In construction it is'formed of a feed-shelf, A', having at one end the cutting-device, consisting of a knife, B, working in a guide-frame, C. This knife B is connected at one end to the lower corner of the frame C, and isarranged so that when brought down toits furthest, its edgehas passed the plane of the feed-shelf A. The guide-frame C is formed of tnfo parallel arches a and b, placed beside each other, and leaving room for the knife-blade to work in between them, and keepingthe latter always in a position at right angles in its plane to the bottom of the trough forming the feed-shelf. The end ofthe knife-blade' is slotted at D, through whichslot a pin, E, is passed, ifi-being fitted into a, hole cut through the projecting portions of the frame C atf, and forming a pivot for the knife-blade. The slotDin the latter ,allows a sawing motionto be given to it, which lis especiallynnseful in cutting warm or very fresh bread. The knife-blade is only bevelled on one side of the edge, the outside `from the shelf, which draws the body of the loafi towardsv the knife, and' prevents the slice being cut from decreasing lin thickness, by keeping its outside lower edge close up against the gauge-bar E. -This gauge-bar stretches acrossffrom side to side,'in front of the lowerpart'of the frame C, and its top edge is higher -than the plane of-the feed-shelf. It is made adjustable from the line of the knife by being set on pins g an'd g',

which pass through holes in the ends of the bur. A set-screw, G. clamps'it in any position it may be set. There is a hole, L, in the end of the knife-blade, into whichv the pin E may be inserted after'being taken from its position through the slot D and Ain the frame. This allows the knife to be handled as ordinarily, except that it 'still is confined to a vertical plan, and is convenient in cutting meat, &c.` Soft-metal rests are placed in the substantially 'as und for the purpose shown.

frame at c lc, where the edge of the knife rests, to prevent it from-getting dulled by contact with the metal forming the frame. I

The operation of this device is 'as follows: The 'loaf is placed on the feed-shelf, and,.gi1ided by the sideof the same, is pressed up against the gauge-bar, which-is set for the width of slicerequiredjt is then cut up by the knife, it being pressed up against the gauge as each slice is cut, andtumbles off. v Y

In this manner I obtain a simple, handsome, and effectivedevice for thepurpose, which is cheap enough to be used in every family.

And having described my' invention. I wish to claim as follows:

The device consisting of the shelf A, guideframe C, knife B, and adjustable bar F, combined and arranged GEO. D. WILLIAMS. Witnesses: 4

J. B. (immune,

E. H4. HYDE. 

